Main source Carasco30 m (98 ft) Length around 6 km (3.7 mi) Basin area 376 km² | Basin size 376 km (145 sq mi) Discharge 13.88 m³/s | |
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River mouth Ligurian Sea between Chiavari and Lavagna0 m (0 ft) | ||
The Entella is a very short Italian river in the province of Genoa.
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Map of Torrente Entella, Genoa, Italy
EtymologyEdit
The name Entella was given to the river by Ptolemy; it's maybe derived from entos ( = inside) and elòa ( = olive), due to the dark-green colour of the river banks of its upper basin. The name came into the popular use from the end of the 18th century; the river was previously called by common people Lavagna.
In 1914 the football club Foot-Ball Club Entella (now Virtus Entella) took its name from the river.
GeographyEdit
The Entella is formed by the confluence of the Lavagna and Sturla streams, near Carasco in the Province of Genova. The river then flows westwards at first before turning south before it meets the Ligurian Sea between Chiavari and Lavagna, in a large and in summer an almost totally dry riverbed.
TributariesEdit
Besides Lavagna and Sturla the only relevant tributary of the Entella river is the torrente Graveglia.
HistoryEdit
The Département de l'Entelle or Dipartimento dell'Entella of Ligurian Republic took its name at the end of the XVIII century from the river.